BloombergMark Gurman released his WWDC preview ahead of Monday’s keynote, and while almost every iOS 27 feature he covers has already made the rounds, a few details are worth highlighting.
As we saw previously, Apple is turning Siri into a full chatbot that users can interact with, similar to Claude or ChatGPT. The Siri chatbot will be integrated into Apple’s operating systems at a system level, and there will also be a Siri app for back-and-forth conversations.
Unsurprisingly, Gurman says Siri chats will be synced across devices via iCloud, making Apple’s assistant similar to competitors like ChatGPT that retain history from session to session. User chats with Siri can also be automatically deleted on a schedule, 30 days, per year or never. Options will be controlled in Settings, just like Messages.
Notably, Gurman says Apple continues to internally refer to the revamped, long-delayed Siri as “beta” and “preview,” suggesting it won’t be released as finished software when it arrives later this year. This may frustrate some users, given that Apple Intelligence features that were first revealed in 2024 have been repeatedly delayed, but it’s worth noting that the original Siri also held the same “beta” caveat for two years after its 2011 debut.
Because of the “beta” moniker, Gurman says it’s possible that Apple will initially introduce a waitlist for the new Siri that could provide access to certain features when iOS 27 arrives in September, similar to the initial launch of the Apple Intelligence platform two years ago. However, it is unclear exactly what features these are.
WWDC 2026 kicks off with Apple’s keynote on Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. PT.
